Mondays Grades K - 4 Spring 2025 Dates: Feb. 3, 10, 24 Mar. 3, 10, 17, 24 April. 7, 21, 28 May. 5, 12, 19 June. 2, 9, 16 Ocean Explorers: Journey to Becoming a Marine Biologist is a course designed to expose students to the profession of marine biology. Students will complete experiments and projects to gain an understanding of the ocean and its many inhabitants. Students will conduct an in-depth analysis of a sea turtle, learning details about different types of sea turtles and will even adopt their very own plush sea turtle. As a class, students will work together to rescue, rehabilitate and release a Leatherback sea turtle. The young Marine Biologist will enjoy under water experiments each week as they learn and explore. The class culminates with the sea turtle release as the students graduate and become Junior Marine Biologists.  Fee Transparency For transparency, Aurora Skills has elected to provide a breakdown of class/program fees to show the split between the program base cost and the PS6 School administrative costs.  The administrative cost is not a new cost; it has always been there baked into the overall program cost. We are now happy share with  our community the breakdown in the interest of transparency. Program base cost The base cost for the Marine Biologist program is $835 per student per semester. PS6 Afterschool administrative fee PS6 Afterschool programs also require access to the PS6 building, facilities, security, and custodianship; nursing coverage until 4PM; and ongoing facilitation and coordination across functions easily seen (like late pick-up on days when you need it) and back-office, no-spotlight work (like paying out city permits). PS6 Afterschool Administrative fee (includes nursing, permits, and coordination is - $160 per child per semester. In view of the above, the total cost per child per semester is: (a)          Marine Biologist base cost   - $835.00 (b)          PS6 Administrative fee           - $160.00 Total - $995.00 Refund Policy Aurora Skills may issue pro-rated refunds upon request, minus the cost of any classes that took place before the refund request. Refund requests must be submitted by September 20, 2025. Refunds will incur deductions for the cost of the classes that occurred prior to the request, plus a 4% bank processing fee of the total amount for the class in which the refund was requested.